Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientat

FREN3632OC: Race, Class, Gender and Sexual Orientation in the Twenty-First Century French and Francophone Literature and Film, 3 credits.  Taught in French.

Intructor:  Laurence Marie, Lecturer in French, Columbia University.  

In this course, students will explore the representations of inequality and identity in French and Francophone literature and films realeased in the last decade.  Drawing from specificites of French history and  cuslutre, they will analyze structures of oppression and forms of agency depicted in the stories of individuals confronted by discrimination.  Students will have the opportunity to meet several of the authors studied. Writers include David Diop, Abdellah Taja, Kaoutar Harchi, Djaili Amadou Amal, Edouard Louis, Constance Debre, Camille Laurens, and Virginie Despentes. Film directors include Alice Diop, Ladj Ly, Celine Sciamma, Houda Benyamina and Sebastien Lifshitz. 

To enroll in this course, you must apply to the Columbia Summer in Paris program through the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement (UGE).  Global Learning Scholarships available.  Tuition charges apply. 

Please note the program dates are different from the Summer Session Terms. Visit the UGE website for the start and end dates for the Columbia in Summer in Paris program.

Please email uge@columbia.edu with any questions you may have.